Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served as United States Secretary of Commerace and Labor from 1903 to 1904, United States Postmaster General from 1905 to 1907 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1907 to 1909. (bio by: Mark Pawelczak)

Should be "Commerce"

Later lived in Huntington, Long Island, NY at "Harbor Lights". US National Archives article cites him as the perhaps "first White House Press Secretary" when he invited the press into the White House to give information about President McKinley's health, he apparently was next to him in Buffalo, NY during the assassination attempt, and on the Spanish-American War.

BAIRD, Joseph Edward, a Representative from Ohio;born at Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, November 12, 1865;attended the public schools; was graduated from thePerrysburg High School in 1885 and from the law departmentof the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1893;was admitted to the bar in 1893 but did not practice; movedto Bowling Green, Ohio, in 1894 and served as county clerkof Wood County 1894-1900; engaged as a dealer in oil andfarm lands from 1900 to 1921; served as mayor of BowlingGreen 1902-1905, and as postmaster 1910-1914; secretaryof the Ohio Public Utilities Commission 1921-1923; servedas assistant secretary of state 1923-1929; elected as a Republicanto the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 tothe Seventy-second Congress; retired from active businesspursuits and political activities; died in Bowling Green,Ohio, June 14, 1942; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Wiliam Taylor BarryHI, I am looking for a William Taylor Barry that had a son Edward no dates, and a daughter Mary Howard Barry-died Jun 1826; both buried Old Episcopal Burying Ground, Third St, Lexington, KY

The book Old Episcopal Burying Ground by Frances Keefer Swinford Barr; has them both listed on page 24, with William Taylor Barry as their father.

I am just trying to find data to put these individuals on findagrave.comthanks, Gloria

Hazen PingreeThe honorable passed away in London, England:"As the tour was coming to an end, Pingree suddenly became painfully ill and was rushed to a hospital in London. King Edward VII, Pingree's famous look-alike, even sent his own physicians to London's Grand Hotel to assist in his recovery. Unfortunately, he died in London at age 61 with his son at his bedside.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130106/METRO/301060302#ixzz2HCEWAPL2".Thanks for taking the time to read my suggestion,AL Barrera